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0. P. DAOEY. POULTIGE 0R SPONGE HOLDER FOR HORSES FEET.

No. 409,633. Patented Aug. 20, 1889 INVENTUH UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CORNELIUS P. DAOEY, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO EUGENE L. FIRNKOESS, OF SAME PLACE.

POULTICE OR SPONGE HOLDER FOR HORSES FEET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 409,633, dated August 20, 1889.

Application filed April 2, 1888- Serial No. 269,357. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CORNELIUS P. DACEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Poultice and Sponge Holders or Gaps for HorsesFeet, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of poulti ce and sponge holders for horses feet in which a detachable plate or cover is used in connection with the regular shoe over the bot tom of the hoof for sustaining any suitable cooling or medicinal application to said 1100f in place; and my invention consists in the provision of a poultice or sponge holding ap pliance for horses hoofs, composed of an imperforate shield or plate having a straight or squared fore end and an upturned tongue or projection at its rear end, a pliable concave transverse clamp-bar, a rectangular plate or washer, a vertical rivet, a longitudinal upwardly-turned and forwardly-proj ecting bar, and fastening-rivets, whereby said sponge saturated with water or medicinal liuid, or said poultice may be applied and detachably held to the bottom of the hoof, all as hereinafter fully described, and shown in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a plan of the lower face of a horses shoe, showing my improved poultice and sponge holder attached thereto; Fig. 2, a plan of the upper face of the parts shown in Fig. 1. Fig.3 is alongitudinal sectional elevation on line :r on, Fig. 2; Fig. 4, a transverse section taken 011 line 'y 1 Fig. 2; Fig. 5, a broken off plan showing the lower face of the rear end of the poultice-supportin g plate with a supplemental spring-bar thereon for upholding that part of said rear end which fits between the shoe-heels when the plate is composed of leather, and Fig. 6 a sectional elevation on line 1 l of Fig. 5.

A represents an ordinary permanent horseshoe having the usual ioe-calk a, heel-calks a a", and clip B.

O represents a plate or shield composed, preferably, of rubber and constructed to fit upon the shoe A intermediate said too and heelcalks, as clearly shown in Fig. 1.

c is an upwardly-turned tongue or guard at the rear end of plate O, and made to fit between the heel-calks of the horseshoe. The said plate being composed of rubber molded in the desired shape, the tongue or guard 0 will therefore readily and properly retain its upturned condition; but when said plate is composed of leather or other similar moistlire-absorbing and easily-softened pliable material a supplemental spring csuch as is shown in Figs. 5 and 6is provided to sustain said tongue upwardly.

D represents a transverse bar attached to the upper face of plate C, near its rear end, by a rivet d, or other suitable means. Rivet (Z also secures supplemental spring 0' in place at the rear end of plate O when such a spring is necessary. D is a rectangular plate or washer on the shank of said rivet interposed between the customary rivet-washer cl and the bar D. Bar D is preferably composed of pliable hoop-iron and concaved or curved downwardly toward the plate 0, to make due allowance for the frog on the bottom of the 1100f. The outer opposite ends of said bar are thus elevated above the plate O and en gage the bevel Z) on the upper face of shoe A.

E represents a longitudinal bar attached to the upper face of plate 0 by rivets e e, or other suitable means, forward of bar D. Bar E may be made of hoop-iron or other suitable material, somewhat stiffer than the material in bar D, and its forward end is firmly supported in a higher plane than its latter end by means of a shouldered rivet, as clearly shown in Fig. 3, so that it is in proper position to engage the bevel Z) on the inner curved portion of the shoe A.

To attach the plate in place after the poultice or sponge has previously been applied to the bottom of the 1100f within the inner line of the shoe, the ends of the transverse bar D are bent slightly upward sufficient to pass between the opposite inner edges of the shoe. Then the forward end of bar E is inserted beneath the bevel of the shoe, the said ends of bar D immediately following. By suitable pressure on the outer face of the plate O the ends of the pliable transverse bar D engage the bevel Z) on the inner face of the shoe, and the holder or shield is then securely held.

lVhen it is desired to moisten a sponge or poultiee, a supply of Water or medicinal fluid can be very readily injected from the rear end by depressing or lowering the tongue or guard 0 Without removing said holder-plate, as is obvious. If it is desired to renew the poultice or renew the sponge, or the appliance itself, the whole can be very readily accomplished by means of a toolsuch as a screwdriver, chisel, or the like-inserted beneath the upturned end 0, or by means of the fingers of the hand with a little extra exertion. The transverse bar D is made, as stated, of pliable metal, but it should be stitt' enough to sustain the plate 0 in place and prevent any accidental displacement thereof. The central rectangular plate or washer D adapts the bar D to bend at either side thereof, and thereby prevents its bending and breaking at the center or Weakest point, Where the rivethole is made. The upturned end a of the plate prevents the ingress of any foreign ll] atter and forms a suitable guard therefor. It

also serves to firmly hold the poultice-cover in place against horizontal movement or shifting of any kind.

I claim A poultice or sponge holding appliance for horses hoofs, composed, substantially, of the iinperforate plate C, having a straight or squared fore end, and an upturned tongue or projection c at its rear end, a pliable concave transverse clamp-bar D, a rectangular plate or washer D, a vertical rivet cl, a longitudinal upward]y-turned and forwardly-projecting bar E, and rivets e 0, whereby said poultice or sponge is detachably held in position against the bottom of the hoof, as herein set forth.

In' testimony of which invention I have hereunto set my hand.

CORNELIUS P. DACEY.

\Vitnesses:

JOHN E. J ONES, JOHN ADAM. 

